Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
The moment the divine fire ignited, the rules of life converged towards Loli, and from within, they reforged her body into a physique that belonged only to a deity.
Fueled by ample faith, a palm-sized white crystal was forged from the divine fire – Loli’s Godhead. As the Godhead merged into the center of Loli’s brow, a vast divine power swept outwards.
It was now early winter. The trees in Winter Fort’s garden had long since shed their leaves, but under the influence of life divinity, it was as if summer had suddenly arrived. They rapidly sprouted new leaves, and withered or insect-damaged branches once again budded, exuding vibrant life. Saplings grew taller, and larger trees expanded further in the winds of life, transforming into colossal giants.
In a short while, Winter Fort was buried beneath canopies and blooming flowers. The tallest trees even formed an umbrella over Winter Fort, shading half of Winter City. This was an oak tree occupied by the Spring of Life’s spirit. It had absorbed the life divinity most thoroughly. As it grew rapidly, its roots extended into the fountain in Winter Fort’s garden. The water in the fountain was quickly transformed into the Spring of Life, and its scale expanded by a full circle. The Spring of Life, in turn, nourished the surrounding land, further promoting the growth of plants in the garden.
When the ladder to godhood in the sky disappeared, Loli returned to the bedroom. Xi Wei discovered that the bedroom walls were already covered in vines. One tree had even brazenly extended its branches from the balcony to his bedside. At the edge of the branch, there was a bird’s nest, and several young mountain finches were now looking at him with their mouths agape, dazed.
“Xi Wei, Loli’s Godhead has only just been condensed. She is currently between a demigod and a lower god. She will gradually absorb the life divinity from the world’s rules, and secondly, condense divinity through faith. With your speed of faith supply, Loli will soon become a lower god,” Shirley’s serious voice echoed in Xi Wei’s mind.
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Xi Wei naturally thought the stronger Loli was, the better. At this moment, Loli stood with her eyes closed, seemingly still adapting to the changes and acquired rule information after becoming a god.
“It is indeed a good thing, but I remember you still have many unfinished matters. If Loli’s divine power reaches the lower god level, the main material plane will reject her to the Supreme Dome, and she will no longer be able to descend freely.”
“That won’t do!” Before Xi Wei could speak, Loli opened her eyes first, refusing. “I won’t leave my Master. I want to stay by my Master’s side.”
Shirley of course knew Loli’s attachment to Xi Wei. In fact, she was also reluctant to be separated, which is why she had specifically reminded Xi Wei: “I know you’re unwilling, so you must not absorb divine power too quickly, or your divine power can be stored in a divine artifact and then promoted all at once when needed. The drawback is that the divine artifact will naturally absorb some divine power as nourishment for promotion. My Life Codex… no, your current divine artifact should now be a Semi-Artifact, the Staff of Life?”
Loli took out the Staff of Life, which was encircled by faint law light. Xi Wei glanced at it; it was indeed a Semi-Artifact, with quite luxurious attributes.
[Loli’s Covenant – Semi-Artifact – Staff]
[Trait 1: Amplification: When wielded by Loli, Goddess of Life, it amplifies Loli’s divine spell effects.]
[Trait 2: Artifact: Possesses crushing and shattering effects against all weapons and equipment below the Divine Artifact tier.]
[Trait 3: Shelter: Blocks one unavoidable attack at the three-dimensional world level for Loli, Goddess of Life. The artifact shatters after blocking.]
[Trait 4: Resurrection: Resurrects a deity whose divine power is less than or equal to Loli’s. After resurrection, it consumes all divine nature of the artifact and falls one rank. It can be restored.]
The traits of the divine artifact were not many, but any single one of them was outrageous. Moreover, it had crushing effects on all weapons except divine artifacts. Xi Wei finally understood why his sword had been so quickly reduced to ruin during their battle in Dragonflame City. These types of divine artifact traits were likely inherent to all divine artifacts. It was just that the Sea God’s Trident and the Spear of War were both divine artifacts that had not been activated, so he could not see their attributes.
“As expected of the Staff of Life. The 4 traits are quite good, similar to the Life Codex. Gods mainly rely on the power of rules, and divine artifacts are merely a symbol of residence and rules,” Shirley summarized, acting like a novice mentor.
“I choose to channel the condensed divine power into the divine artifact,” Loli decided with a slight nod. She was now the most powerful lifeform on the main material plane of the entire Cain Continent. In the eyes of the players, her level was 120, almost reaching the limit that the world’s barrier could tolerate. However, because Loli’s Godhead was still empty, unlike Gabriel and others with full Godheads whose avatars were suppressed to level 100 when descending, Loli had exploited a small bug in the world’s rules.
Xi Wei curiously circled Loli, and the system displayed Loli’s attributes one by one in detail. If it were another god here, Xi Wei would only see a string of question marks, but Loli was different. Due to their extremely high intimacy, everything about Loli was laid bare before him.
[Name: Loli – Goddess of Life]
[Strength: Demigod (Level 120)]
[Skills:
Rule 1: Resurrection: Consumes life divinity to instantly resurrect units other than deities.
Rule 2: Purity: Protected units are immune to curses and negative effects. Rule effects targeting deities require an willpower check.
Rule 3: Absorption: Deprives a creature of its life. Requires a divine power check when targeting deities.
Rule 4: Reversal: Accelerates and reverses a creature’s life. Requires divine power and willpower checks when targeting deities.
Divine Selection: Selects a target in the main material plane as a divine child. The divine child inherits a portion of divinity and rule fragments, and will be completely loyal and assist in spreading faith.
Divine Descent: Descends through followers. The strength of the descent is limited by the follower’s strength and level of faith.
Immortal Shield: Creates a shield of life rules, rendering the target in an unkillable state. When facing the rules of other deities, a divine power check is required.
Loli’s Guardian: Bound to the protected Xi Wei.
Trait 1: Death Immunity: Xi Wei is immune to instant death. Each immunity consumes divine power until the Godhead collapses.
Trait 2: Shared Endurance: Non-instant death damage is reduced by 50%. Immune to all attacks below Demigod level. Damage reduction decreases for attacks exceeding Lower God level.
Trait 3: Immortality: Loli, Goddess of Life, can only perish if both Loli’s and Xi Wei are killed simultaneously. Otherwise, Loli or Xi Wei will resurrect in spirit form.
Life Affinity, Nature Affinity, Plant Control, Fragrant Aroma, Pure Divine Body]
[Equipment: Sacred Robe of the Goddess of Life (evolved from Vina’s Sacred Robe) (Semi-Artifact), Loli’s Covenant (Semi-Artifact)]
